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If you're relieved by the ICD-10 delay, you're not alone. Your colleagues are behind-really behind-according to a recent industry survey.

Two major health insurers announced the formation of accountable care organizations with primary care practices last week and it's the practices that benefit.

The U.S. House approved a bill that would repeal a key piece of the healthcare reform law. But what are the chances representatives will get their way once the Senate has its say?

A series of high-profile arrests and a legislative crackdown on storefront "pill mills" In Florida led to a dramatic decline in the number of oxycodone pills sold in that state last year.

In the first full year of healthcare reform, 3.6 million Medicare recipients saved $2.1 billion on prescription drugs, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

Your patients are likely among the most satisfied patients in the world, but are not more likely to view America's healthcare system among the best globally, according to the results of a consumer survey released on March 13.

If you haven?t yet complied with HIPAA Version 5010 deadline, you have a little more time.

Hiring a new physician for your practice won't be any easier in the near future: this year?s crop of family and general internal medicine residents is just as big as last year.

An academic primary care physician society will study PCP compensation and how it can be improved. Find out who?s leading the effort, and what the group hopes to achieve.

Lawmakers are trying to kill a key piece of healthcare reform legislation that could affect your income drastically, and your professional groups are applauding the move.

Being charged with murder for overprescribing narcotics is more common than you might think. Here are steps attorneys say you can take to avoid criminal charges.

Government test projects aimed at improving outcomes and reducing spendings aren't working.

Why can't America deliver on its reform promise? Identifying and addressing these roadblocks could lead to a financially and socially succesful healthcare program.

New healthcare policies favor Patient-Centered Medical Homes. Discover how to get your practice in shape.

Information integration fosters collaboration, not combativeness. Find out how meaningful use stage 2 will further link doctors and insurers?if they let it.

Would you recommend your job to someone else? Are industry changes pushing you to retirement? If you no longer see medicine as your calling, a new study shows you?re not alone.

The feds closed two fraud investigations as part of a crackdown on healthcare crime. Find out what tipped them off, and see if your colleagues are among the accused.

The TEXAS Consumer Health Assistance Program, which helps consumers find affordable health insurance, is expected to close due to lack of federal funding.

A majority of healthcare providers think primary care physicians (PCPs) will be worse off after all aspects of healthcare reform are implemented than they are now, according to a recent survey by Managed Healthcare Executive.

A frivolous lawsuit is a doctor's worst nightmare. Here are some alternative strategies to fight back against those so-called expert witnesses-and the victory stories to prove they work.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) says new rules governing electronic funds transfers, along with other changes that make it easier to check patients' health coverage eligibility and the status of claims, will save the national healthcare system more than $16 billion over the next decade.

Disappointed, but not surprised was the reaction of the American Academy of Family Physicians president after Congress passed legislation last week which saved Medicare payments from a drastic cut, but didn’t solve the underlying problem.

Family physicians provide more care to rural areas than any other specialty. See how education is driving this development.

More than 10% of physicians admit they’ve told patients something they knew wasn’t true. Find out who among your colleagues is most likely to fib, and why.

Out-of-network physicians who billed the insurer from 1994 to 2009 could recoup more than half of their lost payments. Even if you didn’t file a claim, you may be eligible.